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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Small False Click Beetles (Throscidae) » Pactopus » Pactopus horni
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Throscid - Pactopus horni
Copyright © 2009 Tim Loh

Throscid - Pactopus horni
Coquitlam River Trail, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
August 26, 2009
Size: 4 mm
From under bark of a rotten log; reminds me of Orchesia

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 5 September, 2009 - 11:47pm
Last updated 20 January, 2010 - 7:20pm

this is it, Tim -- thanx for the improved images
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… v belov, 21 January, 2010 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

now i'm pretty sure this is Pactopus horni LeConte
the MCZ type looks like a perfect match; please run the beast thru the AmBeetles key to confirm -- and try to obtain better pix showing antennae & abd.sterna

Moved from False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… v belov, 8 September, 2009 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Loh, 7 September, 2009 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

a throscid, a suppose; could you provide a ventral shot?
habitat sounds uncharacteristic, though
… v belov, 6 September, 2009 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks...
a new family for me; will post a ventral pic soon (no guarantees that it will turn out great though...).
… Tim Loh, 6 September, 2009 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

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